Hmmm. My dad gave me his pair of old and heavy(~20lbs.) KLH bookshelves that sounded superb in our bedroom (no veneer finish on these babys). The only reason I got rid of them was that I came into a set of DCM bookshelf monitors (L, R, and center). It still took me over an hour swapping speakers back and forth, while listing to various audio sources, before I could make up my mind. Of course, now that I'm not using the KLH's, I'll need to buy a sub because the DCM's don't go so low.
I figure if KLH can make something that nice, they'll, hopefully, do so again.